Is nuclear power really that slow and expensive as they say?

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Want to restore the planet's ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 200 people to join Planet Wild with my code will get the first month for free at https://www.planetwild.com/sabinehossenfelder/tanzania If you want to get to know them better first, check out their latest video here: - Saving the African savanna elephant with the help of wild honeybees: https://www.planetwild.com/sabinehossenfelder/10 Out of the many bad arguments against nuclear power, there are two good arguments: It's too expensive and the power plants take too long to build. But are they true? And if so, why is it that nuclear power is so slow and so costly? That’s what we’ll talk about today. This video comes with a quiz which you can take here: https://quizwithit.com/start_thequiz/1703709451798x425667829179799040 Many thanks to Jordi Busqué for helping with this video http://jordibusque.com/ 🤓 Check out our new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 💌 Support us on Donatebox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join 🖼️ On instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/sciencewtg/ 00:00 Intro 00:39 Bad Arguments Against Nuclear Power 03:51 Construction Time 10:24 Cost 25:28 Summary 26:07 Walk the walk with Planet Wild #science #nuclear